In this first of a two-part series on racism in medicine, we discuss why racism relates to burnout (1:10), a brief history of the racism in medicine (3:20), and with our contributing guests Dr. Maya Khandker, Dr. Audrey Li, Dr. Elyon Obamedo (6:22), joining the discussion to provide individual experiences of being clinicians of color (8:52), the significance of advocacy work as physicians (25:15), and the need for continued discussion on issues of race in medicine (31:35).